If you're in an earthquake-prone area and own an Android phone, it could save your life. It may even have already done so.

Google and UC Berkeley have turned Android smartphones into lifesaving earthquake detectors, now operating in 98 countries ...

Back in 2020, Google kicked off a project to crowdsource signals from Android phones that an earthquake might be imminent.

Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts program is a globe-spanning earthquake early-warning system that uses billions of phone ...

An early-warning system on Android phones has detected more than 1,000 earthquakes worldwide since 2021, sometimes giving ...

A worldwide Android smartphone-based earthquake detection and early warning system can detect seismic activity in real time.

Google's Android Earthquake Alert system, utilizing billions of smartphones globally, can reportedly predict earthquakes accurately and cost-effectively.

Google's Android Earthquake Alerts system uses your phone's accelerometer to provide crucial seconds of warning before ...

The alerts rely on detecting fast-moving P-waves, which precede the more destructive S-waves during an earthquake. If enough ...

From 2021 to 2024, Google added motion sensors to more than two billion phones that could detect earthquakes. This enabled it to send auto-warnings to people in 98 countries. Google scientists shared ...

Google has massively expanded its android-based earthquake warning system and thus achieves an important milestone in ...